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Message:: [QUOTE="gsalexan, post: 851161, member: 24274"]Yahoo! I have found my tribe! I only wish I'd come across this thread sooner. I've been collecting souvenir cards for MANY years and I totally agree that the intaglio art on these is stunning. They were quite popular up through the '90s, but when ABNC went under the bottom kind of fell out. In the '80s there were upwards of 15-20 different cards issued each year. BEP was also actively issuing both numismatic and philatelic themed cards; now they are down to 3-4 a year. Souvenir cards seem to have been largely forgotten for about a decade. There's a small contingent -- all members of the Souvenir Card Collector Society (including me) -- who still actively collect and the Metro chapter of the club prints cards such as the ones Darryl posted. The SCCS journal really is a pretty good encyclopedia on this stuff, particularly if you read up on the back issues. Sadly, the SCCS demographics are mostly 65 and older, with few members who are tech savvy...hence, no web site. They really could use some younger blood. You've inspired me to post some of my favorite cards, too. I'll see if there are any Hawaiian ones that haven't been posted...[/QUOTE]